Contrast the work of Duccio with that of Simone Martini
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
• Duccio's Maestà edged toward naturalism but retained much of its Byzantine quality.
• Simone Martini's Maestà shows a more dramatic transition to naturalism.
• Duccio's scale of the Virgin figure is much more hieratical than Martini's.
• Martini included the Virgin in images related to current politics, suggesting that the Virgin is a model for human behavior, including right conduct of government.
• Martini's Virgin is so natural that she is as human as she is divine.
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